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Highlights from 2010 Media Grantmaking — The State and Future of the Field

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The 2010 Funder Conversation: Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the FieldPresented by: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media and the Media Democracy FundHosted by: The Open Society ...

Call Notes: Funding Media, Strengthening Democracy: A Funder Briefing with Peter B. Kaufman

 Funding Media, Strengthening Democracy: A Funder Briefing with Peter B. Kaufman

Two New Reports Help You Assess The Impact of Your Media

[Source: Center for Social Media, May 10, 2010]
Throughout the spring, the Center for Social Media (CSM) and The Media Consortium (TMC) drew together dozens of leading public interest media makers, funders and researchers in Chicago, ...

Strengthening Democracy Means Funding Independent Media

[Source: Huffington Post, by Rory O'Connor, April 29, 2010]
While it's surely gratifying that a surprising number of nonprofit media outfits, such as Pro Publica, the Texas Tribune and the Center for Independent Media, have not only cropped up but actually ...

Commercial Sector Dwarfs Philanthropy in Media Support

[Source: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media, by Peter B. Kaufman, Mary Albon, April 20, 2010]
Baltimore, MD – Despite the pervasiveness of media, the amount of philanthropic dollars in support of public interest media remains minuscule.  The findings, released today by Grantmakers in ...

Witness Creates Sophisticated Evaluation Tools for Video Impact

[Source: MediaShift, by Katie Donnelly; March 11, 2010]

After 10 Years, Federal Money for Technology in Education

[Source: The New York Times, by Elizabeth Jensen, January 24, 2010]
More than a decade ago, Lawrence K. Grossman, former president of both NBC News and PBS, and Newton N. Minow, the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, were asked by several ...

IMPACT Series Launched

IMPACT: a series of stories about films making change     How do social issue documentary films do more than just raise awareness?Are you a documentary filmmaker looking for ...

What Kind of Apps Would Your Foundation Build?

[Source: Philanthropy 2173, by Lucy Bernholz; January 26, 2010]

Pew Center: Social Media Provide First-Hand Accounts, Direct Action on Haiti

[Source: Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, January 21, 2010]
The tragic earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti on January 12 and killed an estimated 200,000 people inspired a wealth of online activity. The online communication site Twitter played ...

impact events

Community Foundations Conference – GFEM | COF Film & Video Festival

Monday, September 13, 2010 - Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Charlotte, NC